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Google and Facebook should pay taxes for the advertising revenue they earn from using content produced by Taiwanese news outlets, media experts told an online news conference yesterday. The government should also investigate if news media have bargained on unequal terms with these large international platforms, they said, adding that it should ask them to offer a reasonable amount of funding to support the creation of quality news content. Google and Facebook collect about 80 percent of Taiwan�...

Power unit supplier Delta Electronics Inc’s (台達電) profits fell to its lowest levels in about six quarters in the three-month period to Sept. 30, attributable to high component prices and a production slowdown on key parts shortages. Net profits dropped 24 percent year-on-year to NT$6.37 billion (US$228.97 million) last quarter compared with NT$8.39 billion in the third quarter last year, a quarterly decline of 16 percent from NT$7.59 billion. That translated into earnings per share (EPS)...

Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The Ministry of Culture (MOC) has designated two traditional Indigenous weaving techniques as intangible cultural heritage and will draft plans for the preservation.

Singers of Taiwanese, Pinuyumayan songs top Golden Melody nominations 05/12/2021 07:31 PM From left: singer-songwriters Lo Ta-yu, Olivia Tsao and Sungpuy. CNA file photo Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Singers Olivia Tsao (曹雅雯) and Sangpuy (桑布伊) on Wednesday received eight nominations each for this years Golden Melody Awards, the highest number among all the nominees. Tsao and Sangpuy, who sing songs in the Taiwanese and Pinuyumayan languages, respectively, were both nominated in the categorie...

Nantou-based comic artist wins Japanese manga award 03/06/2021 09:57 PM Image courtesy of Yu Wei-te Taipei, March 6 (CNA) Taiwanese comic book artist Yu Wei-te (余韋德) recently won a prestigious Japanese prize for a work based on his childhood in Nantou County. Yu was awarded the Prize for Excellence for a narrative comic, in the 2021 World Manga Senbatsu, held by Japans Kochi Prefecture, which is known as a mecca for manga culture. This years contest drew a total of 442 submissions from 29...